(transitive) To make to appear controversial.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of controversialize

plural of controversialism

(Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A particular controversy concerning dogma in the 14th-century Byzantine Empire, over whether the idea of divine light was polytheistic, postulating two eternal substances, a visible and an invisible God.

plural of pseudo-controversy

Something falsely presented as a controversy.

(US, euphemistic, creationism) To teach that life forms may have been created (almost) in their current form by a sentient being in a manner consistent with Christian dogmata, rather than as a result of ordinary evolution, and that the theory of evolution is controversial.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of teach the controversy

present participle of teach the controversy

simple past tense and past participle of teach the controversy